Marianne’s Responses
Impact of Temperature on Slow-Release Fertilizers
Posted by Sandra Paradise | May 30, 2014Are the time-released fertilizers affected by the high humidity and heat we experience in central Florida? In other words does the 8- to 9-month Osmocote really last that long here?
Defending your vegetable garden from ants
Posted by eileen weinrib | May 30, 2014How can I get rid of the ants in my vegetable garden?
Ridding your lawn of violets or a building wildflower meadow
Posted by Dean Hepp | May 29, 2014We're having trouble with violets in our lawn. Weed-b-Gon slows them down but they are becoming more numerous. Our lawn has too much thatch, could that be part of the problem? What measures will control them? Thanks!
The space between the boxwoods
Posted by Joy Grzelak | May 29, 2014The front on my house faces north and is full on sun nearly all day. I have two space 3 to 4 foot wide where I would like to put a couple bushes with red, purple or white leaves and maybe some flowers. The areas are between smallish boxwoods. I'd like to keep the height around 4 to 5 feet, ...
Black growth on branches may be canker
Posted by vince schulz | May 28, 2014I have an ornamental flowering shrub that has a hard dark brown/blackish growth spreading across the branches. In some areas it is twice the size of the branches it is covering. I have seen this disease before but not around my area. I don't know what it is called or how to get rid of it. Any help will be ...
Some varieties of recommended plants may be invasive
Posted by Debbie Smith | May 28, 2014More of a comment than a question. I've enjoyed your column for years. When you recommend a plant I would like to see you point out, more often, that other varieties of that plant may be invasive. In today's Olympian, May 28, you recommended Georgia blue speedwell. Other speedwells can be invasive. I have Persian speedwell popping up at my ...
Ideas for an orange and yellow garden theme
Posted by Cheryl Medlin | May 28, 2014I have recently purchased a new home and I'm basically redoing the entire landscaping. I have two sides below a porch to plant flowers, shrubs, etc. I decided to do the small space first which is surrounded (square shape) by a walkway. I started with two orange rose bushes which I just ordered. I'm not sure what to surround them ...
Grow beautiful Pieris japonica, better known as Lilly of the valley
Posted by janice kapur | May 28, 2014How can I successfully grow pieris shrubs?
White tubes beneath your weed roots may be knot weed
Posted by Betty Ames | May 28, 2014I am trying to clear for a garden. When I pull weeds by the roots there are finger size white tubes attached. What are these tubes?
Osmocote watering systems
Posted by Gale Duncan | May 27, 2014When using osmocote and drip irrigation, how should it be applied? I know it must get wet, but are buried droppers ok?
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